Obituaries

Jan 12, 2022

Ruth Helen Hawkinson, 97, passed away on January 12, 2022. She was born on December 12, 1924, to Louis and Marie Sawall. She graduated from Menasha High School.

Ruth was a very sociable person, and was always making friends. She spent her time at the Menasha Senior Center, playing games and socializing, and watching game shows at home. She had...

Jan 11, 2022

Lorraine M. Otto

LITTLE CHUTE–Lorraine (Gerrits)  Otto age 92 passed away due to natural causes on January 11, 2022 surrounded by her family.  She was the daughter of the late William and Loretta (School) Gerrits.  She married Gayland Otto on August 7, 1948.  They shared 67 years together before his passing on February 12, 2016.

Lorraine loved spending time at...

Jan 11, 2022

Robert “Bob” J. Brumm, Sr. passed away peacefully, although unexpectedly at the age of 79 on January 11th, 2022. He was born on April 11, 1942 in Appleton to the late Joseph and Vivian Brumm. At the young age of 20, he married the love of his life, Carol (Schuh) Brumm and they had two children together that they loved...

Jan 11, 2022

Robert “Bob” Schmall, age 79, passed away peacefully after a 4 year battle with Leukemia, on January 11, 2022, at his home surrounded by family. He continued to do the things that he loved with Martha and his family throughout those 4 years. Bob was born on October 7, 1942, in Milwaukee, the son of Zeno and Dolores (Stark) Schmall,...

Jan 11, 2022

Randall E. Gordee from Dale, Wisconsin went home to be with his Savior, Jesus on January 11, 2022. Randall (Randy) was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to the late Everett and Esther (Schindhelm) Gordee on July 23, 1951, the oldest of three children.

Randy graduated from Wauwatosa West high school, class of 1969. Following his graduation, he served in the US...

Jan 10, 2022

Passed away on January 10, 2022, at the age of 86. Jim was born to John and Antonia (Van Orsow) Van Mun on March 18, 1935, in Kimberly WI. Jim served in the US Coast Guard from 1952 until his honorable discharge in 1956. Jim was then employed through Local 127 as an industrial insulation installer and retired in 1997...

Jan 9, 2022

Donna M. Pritzl peacefully entered our Lord’s Kingdom on January 9, 2022, with family by her side. She was born in Wrightstown, Wisconsin, on May 17, 1931, daughter of the late Elzear and Martha (Lamers) Vanden Wymelenberg. Donna worked in her family’s store and Home Mutual Insurance Company until marrying Victor Pritzl in 1959 at St. Paul Catholic Church, in...

Jan 9, 2022

Robert William Otis, age 92, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on January 9, 2022. He was born December 26, 1929 in Two Rivers, WI to George and Adele Otis.  He moved to Appleton before his junior year of high school. It was while attending Appleton High School where he met Myrtle, the love of his life. Bob and Myrtle...

Jan 8, 2022

Corry Azzi was born in Chicago on February 12, 1944. He graduated from Lawrence University summa cum laude in 1965 and was a Woodrow Wilson Scholar at Harvard University in a PhD program in economics.

Emeritus Professor Corry Frank Azzi was well known by all Lawrence students from 1970 until his retirement in 2002. He continued to teach Econometrics until...

Jan 8, 2022

Appleton – Daniel J. Welhouse, age 72, passed away on January 8, 2022 after a lengthy illness.  Born in Appleton, WI, son of the late Joseph G. Welhouse and Mabel (Tiesling) Welhouse.

Drafted into the Marines at 18, Dan spent 6 years serving during the Viet Nam war era.

Dan worked at Thilmany Pulp & Paper (International Papers) for 47...

Jan 8, 2022

 

On Saturday, January 8, 2022, Thomas was unexpectedly called to his heavenly home, with his loving parents by his side.

Thomas was born on April 15, 1997 to Chris and Carol (Quella) Sullivan, while stationed in Oxnard, CA. Shortly after his birth, their family relocated to Wisconsin where he lived the remainder of his life.

From early on, Thomas’...

Jan 6, 2022

Mary Jane Melberg, 82, passed away on January 6, 2022. She was born on January 12, 1939 to Richard and Ida Gove. She married Thomas Melberg and spent 36 years together until his passing. They raised a family of four children together.

Mary had a kind and caring way of touching so many lives through her generosity. She was always...

Jan 6, 2022

Beth Marie Mills died on January 6, 2022 from complications following a stroke two years earlier. She was born in Farmington, Maine on March 26, 1966 to Thomas Mills and Laurel Lothrop Mills. Beth’s family moved to Neenah, Wisconsin when she was age 10. She was diagnosed with Prader-Willi Syndrome at age 11, and was later re-diagnosed with Chromosome 1p36...

Jan 6, 2022

See Song, an ageless beauty who could light up any room she walked into, passed away unexpectedly on January 6, 2022, at the age of 43, surrounded by her children and husband.

She began her life on August 17, 1978, as the firstborn child of WaSeng Ber and Chao Lor Yang in the refugee camps of Nong Khai, Thailand. After...

Jan 6, 2022

Henry “Hank” Cops, Combined Locks, WI, age 84, passed away in peace after a short illness on January 6th, 2022.

Hank was born to the late Edmund and Theodora (Gietman) Cops on December 23, 1937. He was the tenth of eleven children and was born in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. In 1948, the Cops family emigrated to Kimberly, WI.

Hank graduated...

Jan 6, 2022

Steve Duscher, age 74, passed away peacefully at his home in Appleton, Wisconsin on Thursday, January 6, 2022. He was born on April 20, 1947 in Redwood Falls, MN and was the son of the late Raymond and Geraldine (Kolp) Duscher.

Steve graduated from Redwood Falls High School in 1965.  After graduation, Steve joined the Army, where he served until 1969...

Jan 5, 2022

Jan 5, 2022

Kaukauna—Marvin J. Fox, age 90, passed away peacefully on January 5, after suffering a stroke two days earlier. He was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, the only child of Nicholas and Lucille (Baumann) Fox and lived in Kaukauna his entire life.

He loved to tell the story of seeing a beautiful, dark-haired girl across the dance floor at the Nightingale in...

Jan 4, 2022

Tom Lee, age 48, of Appleton, passed away on January 4, 2022 at a local hospital. Tom was born on September 10, 1973 in Phaket, Laos. His family fled to the US in 1978 to the Boulder Colorado area. His parents were Cher Pao Lee and See Xiong. He was a graduate of Menasha High School. In 2007 he married...

Jan 4, 2022

Barb Beck, age 79 of Greenville, passed away gently on Tuesday, January 4, 2022, at Cherry Meadows Hospice.  Barb was born in Oshkosh on July 4, 1942, daughter of the late Herman and Margaret (Muthig) Koehn.  She met her prince, David Beck, shortly after graduating from Omro High School, and they married on April 28, 1962.  They had a love...